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Aqua Marcia

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The Aqua Marcia (Acqua Marcia) was one of the longest of the 11 aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome. [1]

29 relations: Acqua Felice, Agosta, Lazio, Aniene, Aqua Anio Novus, Aqua Anio Vetus, Aqua Augusta (Rome), Aqua Claudia, Arsoli, Augustus, Aurelian Walls, Aventine Hill, Caelian Hill, Capitoline Hill, Corinth, Frontinus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Nero, Palatine Hill, Porta Tiburtina, Praetor, Quintus Marcius Rex (praetor 144 BC), Roman aqueduct, Rome, Sibylline Books, Third Punic War, Throughput, Via Tiburtina, Viminal Hill.

Acqua Felice

The Acqua Felice is one of the aqueducts of Rome, completed in 1586 by Pope Sixtus V, whose birth name, which he never fully abandoned, was Felice Peretti.

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Agosta, Lazio

Agosta (Romanesco: Austa) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about east of Rome.

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Aniene

The Aniene (Anio), formerly known as the Teverone, is a river in Lazio, Italy.

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Aqua Anio Novus

Aqua Anio Novus (Latin for "New Anio aqueduct") was an ancient aqueduct of Rome.

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Aqua Anio Vetus

The Aqua Anio Vetus was an ancient Roman aqueduct, and the second oldest after the Aqua Appia.

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Aqua Augusta (Rome)

The Aqua Augusta was a short aqueduct in Rome.

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Aqua Claudia

Aqua Claudia, ("the Claudian water") was an ancient Roman aqueduct that, like the Anio Novus, was begun by Emperor Caligula (12–41 AD) in 38 AD and finished by Emperor Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD) in 52 AD.

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Arsoli

Arsoli (Romanesco: Arzuli) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls (Mura aureliane) are a line of city walls built between 271 AD and 275 AD in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus.

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Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill (Collis Aventinus; Aventino) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built.

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Caelian Hill

The Caelian Hill (Collis Caelius; Celio) is one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome, Italy.

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Capitoline Hill

The Capitoline Hill (Mōns Capitōlīnus; Campidoglio), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Corinth

Corinth (Κόρινθος, Kórinthos) is an ancient city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece.

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Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, and politician of the late 1st century AD.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (64/62 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman consul, statesman, general and architect.

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Nero

Nero (Latin: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD) was the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hill (Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus; Palatino) is the centremost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city.

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Porta Tiburtina

Porta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy, through which the Via Tiburtina exits the city.

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Praetor

Praetor (also spelled prætor) was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army (in the field or, less often, before the army had been mustered); or, an elected magistratus (magistrate), assigned various duties (which varied at different periods in Rome's history).

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Quintus Marcius Rex (praetor 144 BC)

Quintus Marcius Rex (2nd century BC) was a Roman politician of the Marcii Reges, a patrician family of gens Marcia, who claimed royal descent from the Roman King Ancus Marcius.

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Roman aqueduct

The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Sibylline Books

The Sibylline Books (Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, that according to tradition were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and were consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire.

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Third Punic War

The Third Punic War (Latin: Tertium Bellum Punicum) (149–146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage and the Roman Republic.

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Throughput

In general terms, throughput is the maximum rate of production or the maximum rate at which something can be processed.

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Via Tiburtina

Via Tiburtina is an ancient road in Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli (Latin, Tibur) and then on to Pescara (Latin, Aternum).

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Viminal Hill

The Viminal Hill (Collis Viminalis; Viminale) is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome.

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Aqua Martia, Aqua martia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Marcia

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